My dad lives in a manufactured home (built 2000) and the carpet is just plain nasty. I want to replace it, but not spend a lot because he's on a fixed income and because "investment-wise" it just doesn't make sense. I just want it to be clean!
I had originally thought to do the master bedroom and living room in a peel and stick vinyl wood plank and carpet the other 2 bedrooms (there are pets so not having carpet everywhere would be nice) - about 900 sq ft of floor covering to replace. BUT THEN . . . .
. . . . I pulled up some of the carpet and discovered 1/4 inch gaps between the plywood flooring. Now, the ply itself looks pretty decent (apart from the millions of staples and, of course, the tack strips) and it looks like 1/2" ply on top of another 1/2" ply.
The gaps seem like they would be a problem for peel and stick vinyl plank (another option was sheet vinyl which is down in the kitchen and bathrooms), but it seems like sheet vinyl would be even worse than vinyl planks over these gaps (I don't know how they handled the gaps in the kitchen/bathrooms).
I've thought about the click and lock laminate or the Allure vinyl but I don't want to have to buy padding for under a click and lock floor and the Allure (peel and stick/lock) is too expensive (I'd like to keep the price below $1/sq ft).
I *could* just go with cheap carpet throughout, but that raises another question. The current carpet doesn't go under the baseboards because I guess manufactured homes don't really have baseboards(?). The current carpet is pulling away from the walls very badly - how can I address this in having a new carpet installed? Should I add 1/4" rounds throughout?
The 1/4" gap between the ply subfloor is really throwing me off here! Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. I've refinished hardwood floors and laid tile, but never dealt with a manufactured home floor before!
I had originally thought to do the master bedroom and living room in a peel and stick vinyl wood plank and carpet the other 2 bedrooms (there are pets so not having carpet everywhere would be nice) - about 900 sq ft of floor covering to replace. BUT THEN . . . .
. . . . I pulled up some of the carpet and discovered 1/4 inch gaps between the plywood flooring. Now, the ply itself looks pretty decent (apart from the millions of staples and, of course, the tack strips) and it looks like 1/2" ply on top of another 1/2" ply.
The gaps seem like they would be a problem for peel and stick vinyl plank (another option was sheet vinyl which is down in the kitchen and bathrooms), but it seems like sheet vinyl would be even worse than vinyl planks over these gaps (I don't know how they handled the gaps in the kitchen/bathrooms).
I've thought about the click and lock laminate or the Allure vinyl but I don't want to have to buy padding for under a click and lock floor and the Allure (peel and stick/lock) is too expensive (I'd like to keep the price below $1/sq ft).
I *could* just go with cheap carpet throughout, but that raises another question. The current carpet doesn't go under the baseboards because I guess manufactured homes don't really have baseboards(?). The current carpet is pulling away from the walls very badly - how can I address this in having a new carpet installed? Should I add 1/4" rounds throughout?
The 1/4" gap between the ply subfloor is really throwing me off here! Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. I've refinished hardwood floors and laid tile, but never dealt with a manufactured home floor before!
